“Anyone who says that sunshine brings happiness,
has never danced in the rain.”

~ Author Unknown

It’s been raining here since Friday evening, not that I mind. I’ve been baking up some more sourdough bread for the freezer and cooking up a few dishes to eat on this coming week. I managed to score some lovely mushrooms at the Local Roots Market and I paired them with a venison roast courtesy of Mr Chiot’s hunting last fall. What a delicious combination.
I’ll be baking up some squash today to make some butternut squash soup, butternut squash ravioli, squash pudding and some Barley with Butternut Squash & Preserved Lemons (remember those preserved lemons I made?). These will all be for the Real Food Challenge over at Not Dabbling, so I’ll be taking photos of everything for future blogposts. I can’t think of a better way to spend a rainy weekend than in the kitchen baking up some warmth and happiness.

Those mushrooms look wonderful! Like you, I love making soup and have not long ago gotten into canning it. Do you can your Butternut Squash soup? I would love to have the recipe if you are willing to share. The Butternut ravioli sounds so good; do you prepare it with a sauce on top?

I don’t can my butternut squash soup, I usually just make up a big batch and freeze it. Although we love it so much we often eat up the whole batch before it has time to go into the freezer! I like to can tomato soup, but have never canned any other kind, here’s my recipe for tomato soup: http://chiotsrun.com/2009/08/22/canning-tomato-soup/

When I make butternut squash ravioli I typically just top with sage browned butter. I brown butter in a cast iron skill an add some sage to it. Then we drizzle over the pasta.

[…] and barley cooked with coconut milk topped with crystallized ginger, walnuts and some maple syrup. Those mushrooms I got last week were made into the most wonderful meal. I threw them in the oven for a few hours […]

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